Egg case



July 9, 1929. T|EMANN 1,720,579

EGG CASE Ofiginal Fi-led Dec. 17, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 VQQTHESS:

INVENTOR- ATTORNEY 5 Jul 9,1929. M. 5 1.120.579

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NNNNNN OR and further Patented July 9, 1929.

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GEORGE TIEMANN; o ews-a ILLINOIS.-

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Application filed December 17, 1927, Serial No. 240,870. Renewed April13, 1929.

My present'inventioli has reference to an egg case or crate, an(l' '1nyprimary object is the provision of an egg receptacle which may be ofsmaller size'than those usually employed and ot a construction wherebythe eggswill be effectively protected against breakage under evenabnormal conditions, wherein the employment of e);- celsior oi-likepacking for the eggs is entirely dispensed with.

A still further object is theprovision of an case that includes unitsdesigned to be disposed one over the other. each being termed with"substantially "trnsto-conical pockets adapted for alinement andproviding therebctween egg receiving cells; the open top of the cellsbein'gelosed by the respective unitsyandtlie'said cells being arrangedin diagonally "opposed" sei'iesf'so that the cells provided by certain0t thennits'will be arranged 'b'etweentlie cells provided by theseand'by other units, 'withtlie result that a comparatively large'inumberof eggs maybe co n veniently pocketed in, the device and whereby'thewalls provided by the separate but ad 1 cent pockets reinforce the.units and con sequently the pockets and further whereby the-eggsregardless of the size thereof are ettecti'v'elynest'ed and held frommovement in any direction in their pockets,

A further obi eet is the provision of a shipping case for eggscomprisingaplurality of units designed to be'arranged in superimposedrelation and all positioned in a suitable caseyeach ,ot' said'nnit-sbeing formed withcellular pockets designed for al'inement, the saidpocket-s being formed by stanipiug the units, and being reinforced byinner {UN outer faces, the said units being further stamped; shapedandreintorced to provide disc-like portions which form the top for thecellular pockets, the said pockets being arranged in a manner that willpermit of the reception in the case of a larger number of eggs than canbe shipped in cases of the same size.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will presentthemselves as. the nature of the invention is better understood, theimprovement also resides in certain other novel features of constructioncombination and operative association of parts, one satisfactoryembodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanying drawin In thedrawings:

of one oi the units.

' disposed ployeih but in the'sho'w ng oi the d Figure 1 is a top planView of the improvement. I

Figure 2 is a detail enlarged sectional View showing the units arrangedin a'case.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary l igure 4: is a similar view of the unitto bebelow the unit disclosed in Figure 8.

Figure 5 a fragmentary perspective view showing the units stamped andshaped to provide the pockets and the tops fOrtllQlDOQliQt-S. Figures(i' and illustrate respectivelyin perspective the inner and outert'acesfor'th'e pockets.

Figure that provide the top pockets.

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8 shows in perspectiye the discs members for 'the desired number ofunits, which are preferably termed of paper pulp may be'eni- 1 haveillustrated only four oi such units. The units are of a similarconstructionand'are in the drawings indicated by thenumeral 1. Each unitis arranged under a press which stamps the smile to provide rows oi?longitudinally and transversely arranged circular weakened portions. Thestamping machine also forms the said units withsubstantially V-shapcdslits at their said circular weakened parts. The portions thus formedare bent outwardly in substantially frusto-conical shape. These portionsprovide equidistantly spaced substantially V-shaped fingers 3 and thefingers are surrounded and have secured therctoinncr strips providingtacings 4 and outer strips providing outer tacings 5. In this manner itwill be seenthat the units are formed with trusto-conioa'l poekets andthat the said pockets are eiicctively "reinforced.

The inner facing 4: is preferably of comparatively thin paper, and,therefore. compressible but the outer facing 5 is preferably of stitl'paper. Cent-rally between the semi-spherical pockets thus provided theunits 1 are further stamped by the press to afford smaller circularweakened portions and substantially V-shaped lingers 6 which extendinwardly from said circular portions. These fingers are bent rightangularly in an opposite direction from the pockets and thereafter arebent inwardlv. The horizontal walls provided by the ll-shaped tongues 6have adhesively or otherwise secured upon both their inner anc outer tand. s, fesptii tys top plan view I VVhile the frusto conical pockets ofthe units.are -disposedin both longitudinal and each other, when all ofthe units are positioned in the box or case 5.)v provide the cover ortop for the cellular pockets afforded by the cooperating or aliningunits of the remaining series. This, of course, is continued throughoutso that all of the pockets are covered by the depressed portions of therespective superimposed units. By reference to Figure 2 of the drawingsit will be seen that the cellular pockets provided by the outersuperimposed pair of units 1 are arranged centrally wit-h respect to thepockets provided by the next pair of superimposed pairs of units Withthe result that a comparatively great number .of eggs may be arrangedinthe case even though the case is of a. comparatively small size. Alsoby reference to the.sa1d Figure 2 it will be seen that the eggs arecaused to ,contactwith the walls of the pockets and the said eggs arethereby held from movement when arranged in the case in anydireetion.The result is that the eggs are. amply protected and will be preventedfrom breakage should the case be subjected to abnormal strainer shock.The intermediate units af- .ford each cell with four separate anddistinct walls, the said walls strengthening the cells as well as theunits and producinga strong structure. The inner faces or linings ofthecells are preferably compressible so that no injury can be inflicted tothe eggs, but even when thin non-compressible material is employed forthe inner facings or linings the same will assume a corrugated formationinasmuch as a'portion of the said inner facing will be disposed in thespaces between the fingers 3, with the result thata tight grippingengagement of-such facings with the eggs is produced.

The construction is of a simple nature. may be cheaply manufactured andwill be found thoroughly efiicient for its purpose. The improvementwhile prefe'ably constructed of pulp, cardboard or like paper, may, ofcourse, be formed of other material. The discs may be centrallyperforated to afford an air entrance to the cellular pockets and thesaid discs, together With the fingers 6 forming the top of the saidpockets and comprising with the fingers three layers of material bothstrong and effective and the contacting engagement of these discs whenthe units are arranged in the case will effectively hold the bodyportions of the said units from being brought into contact with eachother and thereby reducing the area of the cells or permitting the wallsof the said cells intlictin ill-- jury to the eggs. V

\Vhile I have herein set forth asatisfactory embodiment of my improveddevice obviously I do not wish to .be restricted to the precise detailsherein set forth and, therefore, hold myself entitledto make suchchanges therefrom as fairlyfall within the scope of what I claim. l 7

Having described the invention, I claim 1- An egg case, comprisingareceptacle, flat .units arranged in superimposed relation in thereceptacle,'each of said units having diagonally opposed equidistantlyspaced frusto conical portions, formed by substantially V- shapedtongues and arranged in opposite directions to afford egg cellstherebetween, innor and outer facings for the cells, said units, betweenthe cells having longitudinal and transverse series of depressions,formed by V-shapedfingers, inner and outer facings for the.depressions,.said dcpressedportions be- 111g disposed to contact onewith the. other on the superimposed units and-to space such units andprovide closures for the open ends i GEORGE TIEMANN.

